Accounting at Baruch College

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at Baruch College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Baruch is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 19,740. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 660 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Baruch.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

Baruch Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Baruch Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Baruch compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Baruch is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	10
Most Focused Accounting Schools	20
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	40
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	174
Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	204
Best Accounting Schools	632

In 2021, 191 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Baruch. This makes it the #10 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Baruch Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Baruch is $46,908. This is 1% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Baruch

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Baruch College.

Baruch Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 660 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from Baruch. About 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Baruch since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Baruch College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	312
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	93
White	94
International Students	128
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Baruch Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 191 accounting students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Baruch, about 43% were men and 57% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Baruch does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 52% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Baruch College with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	82
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	54
International Students	37
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Baruch also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• Real Estate
• International Business
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Entrepreneurial Studies

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Baruch College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Accountants and Auditors	110,780	$96,300
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	104,580	$45,590
Financial Analysts	53,250	$137,270
Financial Managers	42,460	$210,510
Financial Examiners	9,030	$115,980

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.